Ffion Jones

Glimmers are brief everyday moments that spark a sense of joy by reminding us of the beauty in simple things.A little girl called Wren is on her way home through a dark forest when she gets lost. In the forest there are many triggers, which evoke her fear and anxiety. Yet through the darkness, Wren is able to notice glimmers all around her; in the leaves, the sunlight, and ultimately within herself.This beautifully illustrated book from Ffion Jones will make a great addition to any family's bookshelf.

Glimmers are brief everyday moments that spark a sense of joy by reminding us of the beauty in simple things.A little girl called Wren is on her way home through a dark forest when she gets lost. In the forest there are many triggers, which evoke her fear and anxiety. Yet through the darkness, Wren is able to notice glimmers all around her; in the leaves, the sunlight, and ultimately within herself.This beautifully illustrated book from Ffion Jones will make a great addition to any family's bookshelf.

Ben's Grandma is anything but ordinary. When she hands him an old shoe box, little does he realise how extraordinary that is too.A magical story exploring the importance of memory, which also gently addresses the subjects of loss and bereavement.

If I could give you the sun, the moon and all the stars in the sky, I would wrap them up and give them to you as presents to show you how much I love you.Baran loves his little sister Leyla more than the moon, the stars and the sun. And, no matter what, that love will always stay with her. Inspired by a true story, "If I Could Give You The Moon" celebrates the special and enduring love between siblings."If I Could Give You The Moon" is inspired by the true story of a little boy called Baran and his little sister Leyla. The book is about the special and enduring love between siblings that carries on no matter what. It celebrates how the love you have for someone does not end when that person isn't with you - it always remains part of you.Critically acclaimed Author Dr Ffion Jones' books aim to help children work through difficult real-life issues such as bullying, serious illness and bereavement. She is a passionate mental health advocate, helping to raise awareness for children's mental health.

A powerful and practical picture book exploring anxiety and mindfulnessWhispa the Mermaid worries about everything. Until, one starry night, her worries spiral into a storm.Although the storm so big that she almost gives into it, she focusses on a happy memory from childhood, a kinder inner voice which tells her that she knows what to do to calm the storm. Through mindful relaxation techniques, Whispa manages to calm the waves and make her way back to shore. Other storms will come, but she knows she will be able to ride the waves.Inspired by a desire to help her daughter in her struggle with anxiety, Whispa and the Waves is a book that has been written to help children explore different ways of responding to such feelings, empowering them to overcome their own waves and giving them the strength to calm the storm.

Golden Flowers for Little Dragon follows a dragon family’s journey through loss and grief following the death of the youngest sibling, Little Dragon. Covering life before Little Dragon dies, his death, and then the period of time after his death, the book supports children preparing for or coping with the death of a sibling, including those with rare or undiagnosed conditions. By focusing on how Little Dragon’s brother and sister are affected by his illness and death, the book normalises confusing emotions that may seem overwhelming to a child faced with these circumstances. The book also includes an information section, written by a paediatric palliative care nurse, incorporating questions for children to work through with adults. "This beautifully written story gently explores the most difficult of topics, the death of a sibling. It is clearly structured, allowing children to recognise themselves and their brother or sister at different times through expected death, immediate bereavement and into the future. I look forward to recommending this book to families in the future and only wish it had been around for many families in the past." Dr Jo Griffiths, Consultant in Paediatric Palliative Medicine & Community Child Health, Swansea Bay University Health Board.

This discussion tool designed to address pressing social issues for children helps teachers, parents and professionals caring for children to alleviate young people's worries and opens up conversations on tricky topics.Providing 16 stories told from different perspectives, the book covers social and emotional concerns around far-ranging issues, including refugees, disability, gender diversity and climate change. For each issue raised, the story is followed by a fact file, a set of interactive activities, lesson plans and a bank of resources to further enhance understanding and promote empathy.

Meet Emily. She is being bullied by a group of children at school. She describes how this makes her feel, think and act. Eventually, she finds ways to help herself and also realises that she can get help from other people - both adults and other children. As well as the perspective of the child being bullied, this guide for children aged 7-11 portrays the view of bystanders and the bully, emphasising the difference everyone can make in a bullying situation. Based on the latest research in anti-bullying interventions and written in collaboration with leaders of the field, the book offers practical, tried-and-tested strategies for the prevention of bullying.

Welsh Ballads of the French Revolution provides for the first time an edition, with parallel English translations, of Welsh-language ballads composed in reaction to the momentous events of the Revolution in France and the two decades of war which followed. Ballad writers were first spurred to respond in 1793, when the French monarchs were executed, France declared war upon Britain, and paranoia regarding the possible threat of internal revolt in Britain reached a crisis point. As the decade proceeded, ballads were sung in thanks for the victory of British forces and local people against an invasion of Pembrokeshire by French troops, and in reaction to key naval battles and to the extensive mobilization of militia and volunteer forces. Scholars working on the British response to the Revolution have showed increasing interest in exploring the contents of ballads and songs. The ballad in particular is seen as a vital source of information, since it represents ordinary people's awareness of the developments of the period. Balladry is also subject to continued research within Welsh scholarship, and this volume, with its focus on a clearly defined historical period and its revelation of new voices within the canon of Welsh ballad writers, will drive this field of study forwards. Regional reactions to the Revolution within the British Isles are also now seen as crucially important, but Wales, partly because of the inaccessibility of material composed in the Welsh language, has repeatedly been omitted from the general picture. This volume aids in rectifying this situation, ensuring (by use of translation, copious contextualizing notes, and a lengthy introduction) that both the ballad genre and Welsh reactions receive the attention they deserve from the wider scholarly community.

Deep in the Surrey Hills, a young mabbit bravely enters the greatest race of the year. But with Rabbit Ruthie, Rabbit Ron and Rabbit Ralph as his competition, who will win the Easter Bunny race?

This volume approaches the fascinating figure of Iolo Morganwg – stonemason, poet and literary forger – from three distinct but interrelated angles. They all take as their starting point Iolo Morganwg’s ‘marginality’ within mainstream literary society both in London and in Wales and demonstrate the strategies that he used to overcome the frustrations of his situation. Iolo’s notoriety as a literary forger provides the context for the first discussion in the volume, which considers his efforts to pass on his own work as that of famous Welsh writers of the past. This chapter looks at how important the editorial apparatus with which Iolo surrounded his forgeries was to his attempt to ensure their satisfactory reception. Secondly, two collections of printed books owned by Iolo and containing marginal commentary in his hand are explored. The discussion here demonstrates Iolo’s keen interest in the forging of a path for the Welsh language within the developing public domain of the regional eisteddfodau and also his complex personal relations with some of the more successful authors of his day. Iolo’s vulnerability and marginality within the context of a Welsh public sphere are both brought to the fore in this chapter. Finally, the volume turns to the marginalia left by Iolo on letters within his collection of correspondence, showing his extraordinary creativity and bringing to attention for the first time some of his unpublished work in the fields of Welsh and English poetry and on matters relating to the Welsh language.